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January 23, 2026
by Karen Madden
CXC urges parents, teachers to guide ethical AI use as students embrace tech
Dr Eduardo Ali, pro-registrar and deputy CEO of the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC), is urging stronger involvement from parents and teachers as students report increased use of artificial…
January 23, 2026
Energy security eclipsing climate as region’s big concern – NCB Capital
The growth of artificial intelligence (AI) and cryptocurrency mining has led the United States to increase its hunger for energy worldwide — a shift that creates opportunities for the region, reasoned…
January 23, 2026
Trump sues JP Morgan Chase
President Donald Trump sued banking giant JPMorgan Chase and its CEO Jamie Dimon for US$5 billion on Thursday over allegations that JPMorgan stopped providing banking services to him and his…
January 23, 2026
by Yasmine Peru
5 Questions With Etana
Reggae Month 2026 had its mega launch on Wednesday at J Wray & Nephew where it was announced, to applause, that Grammy-nominated reggae singer, Etana, was designated the first-ever Reggae Month…
January 23, 2026
Kristen Gyles | Is AI now too real to be safe?
Tupac Shakur or ‘2Pac’ was an American rapper who died in 1996. Yet, I recently saw a video of 2Pac on the poolside of a luxury property talking about music hits he is almost ready to release, that…
January 23, 2026
Peter Espeut | Who is telling lies, commissioner?
I do not have access to the Jamaica Constabulary Force Orders; my only knowledge of their contents is whatever is reported in this newspaper. And I have no reason to disbelieve the Jamaica Information…
January 23, 2026
Mood Restaurant & Bar wins JSE Venture Capital Pitch Room 2026
On Wednesday, when 32-year-old Matthew Francis stepped on stage at the Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) Venture Capital Pitch Room, he carried a decade-long story of grit, reinvention, and a dream shaped…
January 23, 2026
by Christopher Thomas
Health Services extend clean-up, rodent control as waste crisis persists in St James
WESTERN BUREAU: Residents in several St James communities continue to grapple with uncollected garbage and increased rodent activity weeks after Hurricane Melissa, prompting an extended response from…
January 23, 2026
by Omar Tomlinson
Renaissance man
What a difference time and circumstance make. “When I visited Milan for the first time in the 1980s, I was told by agents that there was no market for black people,” Jamie Melbourne recalled of his…